The actor starred in films such as The Social Network, The Lone Ranger, The Man from UNCLE and received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Oliver in the romantic drama Call Me By Your Name.
Hammer has always denied the allegations and following an investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) no criminal charges against him were pursued.
During this time, he said he worked as a timeshare salesman in the Cayman Islands and an apartment block manager to earn a living.
And in a podcast with journalist and broadcaster Louis Theroux he talks candidly about his past, addresses the accusations made against him and speaks about his plans for the future.
Louis Theroux, who has interviewed Armie Hammer in his podcast (Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
The actor spoke openly about a previous text message exchange in which he was said to have written, “I am 100% a cannibal”, and that he had “cut the heart out of a living animal before and eaten it while still warm”.
“As you’ll notice, of all of the text messages that were released, the person who released them, their side was cut out of the entire conversation.
“I mean, if you look, there’s really no response in any of these.”
“That could have been a very funny conversation between two people who were joking and pushing each other and egging each other on in the way that sometimes you see comedians pushing the boundary further and further when they’re having a conversation.
Pressed by Theroux on whether he actually is a cannibal, he said: “You know what you have to do to actually be a cannibal?
But when asked if he had eaten an animal heart while still warm, he said: “One of the traditions is you take a bite out of the heart and you’ve got all your buddies around you, they’re goading you on.
“Everyone that I know who went hunting for their first time had to do something similar.”
Allegations of abuse against women
Two other women also came forward accusing him of emotional and physical abuse during their relationships.
“Any interactions with any partner of his were completely consensual in that they were fully discussed, agreed upon, and mutually participatory”.
He added: “The other part of that conversation was, you know, how much the other person enjoyed it, the things that they liked about it, the things that the next time they want to do differently or more of.
“You know, I mean, there’s a big part of the BDSM [bondage, domination, sadism and masochism] world that when taken out of context, looks not great.”
“A lot of this, I think, was put very well, where they said, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
“People were sort of like my bags of dope with skin on them, you know?
“Does it make me a d**k? Absolutely, like I have no problem admitting that I was a d**k, but that’s not illegal, you know?”
The couple have two children but separated in 2020 and divorced in 2023.
Speaking to Theroux, he said: “I would say that I pursued an affair because things were not going well.
“So that is always sort of the crescendo, and there’s always a mountain underneath that of relationship issues.
“I was married for nine years and I got married when I was 23, 24 years old – very young – and didn’t even have a firm sense or understanding of myself as you typically don’t at 24 years old.”
Hollywood departure
He said: “All my jobs went away in the blink of an eye.
“Jobs, representation, everything just went, boom.
But he claims this proved to be a pivotal point in his life.
“And I spent three years and change really having to examine myself and really having to look at myself.
He said he didn’t drink alcohol for three years after the 2021 allegations and although now he will have a drink he said: “I don’t get drunk, I don’t get high, I don’t get stoned”.
Childhood abuse
Hammer was asked about sexual abuse he said he endured during his teenage years.
He told Theroux on the podcast: “I don’t want to be like, okay, it all makes sense.
“And, you know, my mom and I spent hours talking.
“There were aspects of that that I needed to look at, and I needed to process and that I needed to come to terms with and I needed to accept and I needed to move through.”
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